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Cell 331 - Cellular
Neuroscience
Prerequisite:
CELL 101-General Biology. Introduction to basic concepts in neurobiology
from a cellular perspective. Areas covered include the electro-generative
properties of nerve cells, intercellular communication via synapses, and
sensory and motor systems.
Cell 666 - Synaptic Organization of the
Brain
The course will be offered
jointly by the Tulane Cell and Molecular Biology and LSUHC Cell Biology
and Anatomy graduate programs for the spring 2002, and will provide an in-depth
examination of the physiologic and anatomic organization of the major
structures of the brain and spinal cord. It will be team taught by
members of both faculties, drawing from the research expertise of each program
and each faculty member. The course will be based on the text book of
the same name, The Synaptic Organization of the Brain, 4th
Edition, Gordon Shepherd (Editor), and will consist of one 2-hour lecture
and one 2-hour oral presentation session per week, each week being devoted
to a different CNS structure and taught by a different instructor. The
organization of each CNS structure, including the cellular physiology, the
major synaptic inputs, the intrinsic synaptic organization, and the primary
outputs of the structure, will be emphasized in the lectures. Detailed course description